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Serial commands to: Manage EX-CommandStation Consists/MUs

Serial commands to manage in-command-station Consists/Multiple Unit Trains (MUs). These are created and held temporarily in the EX-CommandStation and are lost when the command station restarts.

<^> <^ «loco»> <^ «leadLoco» «follower» [ «follower2..7»]>

See Consists page for information on other types of consist.

Commands

  • <^> = List consists
  • <^ loco> = Uncouples any consist containing this loco
  • <^ leadLoco follower [ follower2..7]> = Creates a consist from up to 8 loco ids (negative for loco in reverse)

Parameters

  • loco: DCC Address of the loco to add or remove from the consist.
  • leadLoco: Notional address of the loco to become the lead loco. (1-10293)
    This does not need to be a real loco. Nor does tit need to be one of teh actual locos in the consts/MU.
    This will be the address that you select with a throttle or EXRAIL sequence to control all the locos in the consist/Multiple Unit train at the same time.
  • follower1..7: loco to add to the consist/Multiple Unit train.
    negative for a reversed loco.

Response

  • Response to: <^>

    • repeated for each consist/MU
      • <^ leadLoco follower [ follower2..7]>

  • Response to: <^ loco>

    • <^ loco>

  • Response to: <^ leadLoco follower [ follower2..7]>

    • <^ leadLoco follower [ follower2..7]>

Notes

none

Examples

Also search for '<^>' or search for 'consist'

Example Commands

  • Create Consist/MU 111 with two locos: <^ 111 222 333>
  • Remove loco 222 from all consist/MUs: <^ 222>
  • list all Consists/MUs: <^>

Example Responses:

  • TODO LOW - Example Responses